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Tom Pettersen

2×2 · top 23.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012PETT01

Tom Pettersen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.76, set at Kjeller Open 2015, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in Norway. Across 12 competitions since November 2012, he has put 285 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.13 in November 2012 to 17.36, a 49% improvement. Tom has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 23.5% of 186,767 all-time
3.76
signature single · Kjeller Open 2015
285
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×23.767.11
top 23.5%304 / 1,202
3×317.3619.80
top 32.1%484 / 1,609
Pyraminx8.5215.64
top 40.7%385 / 865
3×3 one-handed50.8659.61
top 77.5%363 / 513
4×42:22.90
top 89.9%524 / 590
Megaminx3:59.84
top 90.0%219 / 262

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Trondheim Cube Day 2012: 34.13INSPIRIA Cube Day 2013: 28.88Norwegian Championship 2013: 23.97Stockholm Open 2013: 23.88Oslo 3x3 2013: 19.27Swedish Championship 2013: 25.53Oslo Fall 2013: 19.53Norwegian Championship 2014: 18.63Kjeller Open 2014: 18.78Norwegian Championship 2015: 17.77Oslo Fall 2015: 17.84Kjeller Open 2015: 17.3617.3634.1324 Nov 201224 Oct 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.